aphrodite

[In Ger. aphrodit, from Gr. ἀφρός ( aphros ) = foam, and suff. -ite, or from ̓Αφροδίτη ( Aphrodite ) = Venus, in allusion to her as foam-born.] A mineral placed by Dana in his Sepiolite group of Bisilicates. It is a soft opaque mineral, of a milk-white colour. One specimen contained silica, 51.55; magnesia, 33.72; protoxide of manganese, 162; protoxide of iron, 0.59; alumina, 0.20; water, 13.52. It occurs in Sweden. [APHRODITA.]